To help us achieve our ambitious targets, lead the team and deliver projects on time within budget, we’re looking for a Design Manager for our Water Recycling (Complex) catchment team.
What will you be doing as our new Water Recycling West (Complex) Design Manager?
As the Design Manager for Water Recycling, you’ll lead the design and delivery of solutions across the infrastructure team; wastewater pipelines.
Your role will focus on developing innovative, outcome-driven solutions to transform wastewater networks, reduce carbon emissions, and enhance efficiency. Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to develop sustainable, carbon-efficient, and innovative solutions.
Key Responsibilities
Design Management
1. Oversee design teams to ensure high-quality project plans, controlling scope, costs, risks, and resources.
2. Collaborate with discipline leads and the BIM manager to establish and monitor design quality.
3. Engage with subcontractors and suppliers, ensuring designs meet safety, environmental, and operational standards.
Project Delivery
1. Partner with @one functions and stakeholders to deliver value-driven outcomes on time and within budget.
2. Manage risks proactively and support teams in value optimization.
Health & Safety
1. Fulfil Principal Designer duties per CDM regulations and oversee competency assessments.
2. Ensure robust design risk assessments and H&S documentation for project portfolios.
People & Team Development
1. Provide leadership to a multidisciplinary team, focusing on performance management, development, and a diverse, inclusive culture.
2. Allocate resources strategically, identifying skill gaps and supporting recruitment as needed.
Transformation & Innovation
1. Lead the shift to AMP8 with a focus on digital transformation and sustainability.
2. Drive innovation in carbon reduction, 3D modelling, and standardization within design processes.
A little bit about your skills, experience and behaviours…
To join us on the team, an engineering or equivalent degree is preferential; however, experience in the water sector and a similar role is more important. It is essential you have experience of wastewater assets; proven expertise in designing wastewater infrastructure solutions, including rising mains, pipelines, pumping stations, and CSO. You’ll be a strong leader with a track record in team development and stakeholder collaboration. A commitment to sustainability, innovation, and reducing carbon impacts through advanced engineering practices, along with a solid understanding of Construction Design & Management (CDM) regulations, is crucial to ensure safety and compliance throughout the project lifecycle.
Able to inspire and lead a team, you’ll be customer-focused in all the activities you undertake. With a strong appreciation of how collaboration can truly unlock complex projects, you’ll be able to assess unique situations and draw upon your technical expertise to make decisive, yet safety-conscious, decisions to keep projects on track. Always operating with integrity and accountability, you’ll be able to build rapport and trust amongst your stakeholders and establish yourself and the team across the Alliance.
Be a part of a team that values sustainability, innovation, and collaboration to shape the future of water infrastructure. Apply today to lead and inspire change!
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